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Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Books and a Beat. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

Grab your current read

Open to a random page

Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

BE
CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share
doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for
others!)

Share
the title & author, too, so that other Teaser Tuesday participants
can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teaser.

"What's wrong?" I whispered. "Something isn't right with my lady. I can see it in her face." Lucy pulled one hand up to her mouth and started chewing away on a nail.

I love this whole book, what am I saying I love this whole series. Sad that it's actually over though. Anyway, hope you enjoyed this little bit of a teaser. Care to give me a tease into what you're reading? Leave me a
comment
below or a link to your own Teaser Tuesday. I'd love to find new things
to read.

Monday, August 22, 2016

This meme started with J Kaye's Blog and then was taken up by Sheila from Book Journey. Sheila then passed it on to Kathryn at the Book Date. It's a meme where you share what you read last week, what you're currently reading and what you plan on reading that week.

So it's the first day of Bout of Books 17, so my list this week will showcase what I plan to read first. I've been in a major reading slump again, so I'm hoping this read-a-thon will help with that.

Today I'm Reading

I still have about 150 pages left of this one, so I'm hoping I can get this one done quick and today!

I have over 400 pages to read on this one, so I'm hoping to get this one in as well this week.

Ruby never asked for
the abilities that almost cost her her life. Now she must call upon them
on a daily basis, leading dangerous missions to bring down a corrupt
government and breaking into the minds of her enemies. Other kids in the
Children’s League call Ruby “Leader”, but she knows what she really is:
a monster.

When Ruby is entrusted with an explosive secret, she
must embark on her most dangerous mission yet: leaving the Children’s
League behind. Crucial information about the disease that killed most of
America’s children—and turned Ruby and the others who lived into feared
and hated outcasts—has survived every attempt to destroy it. But the
truth is only saved in one place: a flashdrive in the hands of Liam
Stewart, the boy Ruby once believed was her future—and who now wouldn’t
recognize her.

As Ruby sets out across a desperate, lawless
country to find Liam—and answers about the catastrophe that has ripped
both her life and America apart—she is torn between old friends and the
promise she made to serve the League. Ruby will do anything to protect
the people she loves. But what if winning the war means losing herself?

I have about 200 pages of this one left, so again I'm hoping to get this one finished this week as well.

The Eighth Story. Nineteen Years Later.

Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany, a new play by Jack Thorne, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
is the eighth story in the Harry Potter series and the first official
Harry Potter story to be presented on stage. The play will receive its
world premiere in London’s West End on July 30, 2016.

It was
always difficult being Harry Potter and it isn’t much easier now that he
is an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband and
father of three school-age children.

While Harry grapples with a
past that refuses to stay where it belongs, his youngest son Albus must
struggle with the weight of a family legacy he never wanted. As past and
present fuse ominously, both father and son learn the uncomfortable
truth: sometimes, darkness comes from unexpected places.

Up Next:

A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray

Crave by Melissa Darnell

That's it for me this week, each of these books are rather large, but I'm hoping to finish all of them for the read-a-thon. If I finish them the next two books are listed above as well.

Tuesday, August 16, 2016

It's that time again and I'm super excited. I'm hoping Bout of Books will get me back into reading and blogging. I've been in a slump again and I hate it. Anyway, below you will find out my goals and this will also act as my update page for the read-a-thon. Below is also a little more about Bout of Books.

The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda @ On a Book Bender
and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that
begins 12:01am Monday, August 22nd and runs through Sunday, August 28th
in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure, and the
only reading competition is between you and your usual number of books
read in a week. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but
all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 17
information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. – From the Bout of Books team

My Goals

Finish Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany, and Jack Thorne

Finish Happily Ever After by Kiera Cass

Read Never Fade by Alexandra Bracken

Keep Track of my daily progress

Have some fun while doing so!

Books To Read

Happily Ever After by Kiera Cass

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany, and Jack Thorne

Never Fade by Alexandra Bracken

(I might add more if I can finish these!)

Daily Updates

Monday:

Number of pages I’ve read today: 257
Total number of pages I’ve read:257

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Books and a Beat. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

Grab your current read

Open to a random page

Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

BE
CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share
doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for
others!)

Share
the title & author, too, so that other Teaser Tuesday participants
can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teaser.

"Shut it. I'm trying to appraise him." There was a pause while Belle stared at Elliot. "He's hot," she concluded, turning to Madeline. "Respect." She offered Madeleine a fist bump, which was not Belle's style.

This book has been on my shelf for awhile now, I figured it would be a
great Summer read. Though it's another rather long one, but I'm enjoying it so
far. Care to give me a tease into what you're reading? Leave me a
comment
below or a link to your own Teaser Tuesday. I'd love to find new things
to read.